Re: Installer advice needed

On 12/18/2014, 12:48 PM, Marty Knapp wrote: One thing I have run into are people who've switched from PC to Mac. They don't always "get" disk images and will run the app off the disk image. It works the other way too. Windows users don't always "get" zip files, especially because Windows shows

Re: Installer advice needed

I'm using Inno Setup on Windows. It's free and customizable. When I get stumped on configuring it, there seems to be a lot of info out there by doing a quick Google search. I also use the KSoft certificates, which seem to be reasonably priced. The process of getting your certificate can be a fe

Re: Installer advice needed

On 12/18/2014, 10:33 AM, Graham Samuel wrote: I must start to bite the codesigning bullet (groan). There are two utilities to help with that. For Windows, we use a certificate purchased from ksoftware.net , and they have a utility that codesigns th

Re: Installer advice needed

Thanks Matthias and Tiemo for good advice. I have had a look at DropDMG which looks very suitable for making a good-looking Mac version as suggested. Again, I’m also looking at Monte’s InstallGadget which looks very promising. In answer to Tiemo’s query > What are your problems with installer m

Re: Installer advice needed

On 18.12.2014 at 13:09 Uhr +0100 Matthias Rebbe | M-R-D apparently wrote: Is there really a need for an installer on Mac? Most of the mac software is delivered as dmg. The user just has to drag the app bundle or app folder to the Application folder. If you want to graphically pimp your dmg t

Re: Installer advice needed

Graham, for Windows i am using Monte´s InstallGadget which is based on innosetup, but much easier to use. On Mac this tool just creates a dmg. http://goulding.ws/installgadget/ Is there really a need for an installer on Mac? Most of the mac software is delivered as dmg. The user just has to